Metallic car-wall construction.



J. H. WEISBRO. METALLIC CAR WALL CGNSTRUCTIONI APPLICATION FILED ILILY3, I9I6.

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FOUNDBYBOMPRNY, F ST. LO-UISQMISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.'

-.METALL IC CAR-.WALL CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom t may concern:

companying drawings- Be it known that I, JACOB H. Wnrsnon,

a citizen of the United States, residing at. the city of St. Louis,State of Missouri, haveA invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Metallic Car-Wall Construction, of which the following is' a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to railway car conf struction, and specificallyto a wall construc tion for freight cars.

The particular purpose -of the invention isvto provide wall constructionformed of" sheet metal sections which are disposed one above another,and so shaped and conjoined as to secure a desirable vertical stiffnessand rigidity, particularly at the joints between the sections.

A further object is to provide a structure particularly adapted to usein the .end wall of freight cars by virtue of its ability to withstandcargo thrusts Iand support part of the roof load without beingdistorted. j Other objects ot' the particular construction will beobvious or pointed out herein` after.

In the illustrative form shown in the afc- Figure 1 represents a frontelevation of'al car end of my improved construction;

Fig. 2, a horizontal section substantially on line 24-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a vertical section substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4t, a similar vertical section 'of amodified form; i

j Fig. 5, a cross section of said modiiied form such as would be takensubstantially on line 5 5 ofFig. 4.

vReference being had to these illustrations by the numerals appliedthereto, it will be understood 'that numeral 1 indicates an upper panelof sheet metal, and numeral 2 indicates a similar lower panel. Both ofthese panels are provided with transversely extending corrugations 4which `terminate adjacent the opposite margins of the panels orsections. The ends of the sections are flanged rearwardly to provideattaching Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, inra.

f Application ledffuly 3, 1916. SerialpNo. 107,388. I

tlanges 5 which are adapted to be secured to the corner posts orsidewall portions of the car superstructure. The upper -margin of the uppersection is arranged for attachment to the end plate 6 'of the car frame,in any Zbar 7 riveted to the section-fand of size and shape suchas toform a ,pocket-fior the suitable'aShiOn, such as byjmeans of the.

reception of the kend plate., The 4fascia plate 8 may be applied on theexterior face of the upper section to provide a suitable weatherclosure. The lower margin of the lower section may be flangedrearwardly, as at 9, to provide a'iiange adapted to receive and supportthe floor structure, and adjacent said flange the lower section may beattached to the car end sill 10, in any suitable fashion, such as by`means of the line of rivets 11 illustrated. l

By reference to Fig. 3, it will be seen that whereas the corrugations 4in both the upper and lower sections are of the same general form andsize, that, when the sections are assembled in the end structure, theupper section is disposed with the protuberant sides of the`corrugations extending to the exterior of the car, whereas the lowersec` tion 2 is disposed with the protuberant sides of the corrugationsextending to the interior of the car. This is'the essential relationshipof the sections, although it is immaterial as to which section` has thecorrugations extending inwardly or outwardly.

The disposal of the corrugations 4: and the sections is such that thecorrugations are in alinement, and the width of the sections and lengthof the eorrugations are such that the sections overlap to a considerableextent with the result that the alined corrugations in the differentsections overlap at their reentrant sides. Intermediate the two sectionsis disposed a plate 12 having its upper margin turned over the uppermargin of the lower section to provide an inwardly extending flange 14,and having its lower and -outer margin directed outwardly to forma ange15. Suitable fastenings 16 seated in the overlapping portions of thesections and in the joint member 12, secure the three members together.At its extremities, the joint member '12 is flanged rearwardly so as toembrace a portion of the corner posts or side wall structure, and

los v mail is secured thereto by means ot the bolts l? which also securethe flanges 5 to the wall portions.

A wall constructed in this fashion will be possessed oi great verticalstiffness, due to the stitliening influence of thel corrugations lacrossthe width oi the sections, and due to the overlapping of saidcorrugations across the junction ot the sections. By virtue of thisconstruction, coi'itinuous postlike members are formed in the wall'structure itself, which members extend continuously from the upper tothe lower portions of the wall, and enable the wall to carryconsiderable vertical loads.

The inwardly directed [lange and the outwardly directed flange l5 of thejoint member l2 cooperate with the sections and Ithe corrugations toprovide a continuous transverse strei'lgthening member at the junctionline extending longitudinally oill the sections. rllhe inside flange letalso :terms a convenient seat for the nailing strip 18 which may bebolted thereto, and which forms the conventional point of attaclnnentand finish for the ear lining 19.

ln. Figs. i and 5, the structure is modified to the extent of having theoverlapping portions of the sections offset in the direction of theprotuberant sides olf the corrugations, and in having the intermediatejoint member 19. shaped to conform to the odset form of the sections.By' virtue ot' this construction, the crests of the corrugations arebrought more nearly into vertical alinement with the wall portions ofthe l other sections when the parts are assembled, with the result thatthc extreme innermost andthe extreme outermost points on the twosections are disposed respectively more nearly in the same planes, andthe stiffness of the structure thereby somewhat increased. s

It will be observed that the structure above described provides a very'stitl` and rigid wall construction adapted not only to withstand localthrusts. but adapted also to effectively support vertical stresseswithout the use ot' posts. l

l am aware'that the devices illustrated and described are useful notonly in end wall structures, but also in side wall struc tures, and thatother cl'iangc's. adaj'itations and modifications of the constrllotion'may he made without departing from the scope and spirit of theinvention indicated in the aecompaliving claims.

iVhat l cl i is:

l. ln a railway car. a wall construction including sheet metal panelsone disposed above another .aud having jairtions overlapping andsccurial together. said panels beingl )')rovided with corrugationsextending; angularly relative to the overlapping edges. the corrugaticmsin one panel overlapping i ,eat/.finie the corrugations in the otherwith their reen trant sides together.

ln a railway car, a` walleonstruction including panels one disposedabove another and having their adjacent marginal. portions overlappedand secured together, said panels beingl provided with. alinedvertically extending corrugations extending into the overlappingportions, the corrugations in one panel protruding in a directionopposite to those in the other relative to the general plane of theWall.

3. in a railway car, a ,wall construction ineliuling sheet metal panelsmarginally conjoined and provided with corrugations, extending'angularly relative to the line of junction, said panels being securedtogether in 'such relationship thatthe corrugations in one protrude in adirection opposite to the direction of protrusion of corrugations in theother and with the adjacent ends of the corrugations overlapped.

et. ln a railway car, a wall construction including sheet metal panelsone disposed above another, the uppermost and loWermost ma rgins' of thepanels being connected to car framing members and the adjacent marginsof the sections being overlapped 'and secured together, said panelsbeing provided With vertically extending corrugations extendingsubstantially to the uppermost and lowermostmargins but terminatingshort thereof, the corrugations in one section overlapping' thecorrugations in the other to provide continuous vertical stifl'eningmembers across the line of jointure.

In a railway car, a wall construction including sheet metal panels onedisposed above another, said panels being formed with verticallyextending corrugations, the corrugations in one panel protrudinginwardly of the wall structure, and the corrugationsVin the other panelprotruding exteriorly of 'the wall. the adjacent margins ot the panelsbeing overlapped with the corrugations in alincment. and a flanged plateinterposed between the overlapped portions of the panels and cxtemlinglongitudinally' of thi` joint to forma stiffening member.

(i. l'n a raihvay car, a wall structure 'in- (findingl a. pair of sheetmetal panels one disposed above the other and provided with verticali)yextending corrugatitms, the adjacent marginal portions o'l" the panelsbeing overlappeih a flanged plate member interposcd between theoverlapped portions of the sections and :secured thereto. said flangedmember having allange extending` ii'iwardly from the panels. and anailing strip for the car liningl sccurml to said flange. A

7. la a railway rar, a. wall construction including a. pair of' sheetmetal panels one overlapped portions of the sections and sec'uredthereto and extending longitudinally of the sections to form astiflening reinforcement, sald stlfemng member meludmg g an inwardlyextending flange, and a nailing strip for the car lining seatedon saidflange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiX my signature in the' 1presence oftwo Witnesses, this 27th day' of June, '1916.

JACOB H. WEISBROD.

lVtnesses:

BLASDEL SHAPLEIGK, OSIQAR HOCHBERG.

